Greetings to all. I'd figure I'd start here and introduce myself to all the members on here. I joined this board in hopes of getting back into Bettas, I haven't had a betta for over 5 years and I decided that I want to have another betta/s as a pet. I still have my last setup from 5 years ago, and it consists of a 5 gallon divider tank, 100 watt heater( I'm not sure still stored away), a mini fluval filter. I also still have a mini 1 gallon plastic divider tank also. Along with an extra 10 gal and 30 gal. I will probably start with the 1 gallon plastic tank and see where it goes from there.

I'm hoping to find a local breeder in the San Jose area that has halfmoons. I went browsing around the big chain pet stores and was surprised to see that petsmart sell halfmoons and deltas there, i remember they only carried veil tales and crown tails and of course females. Not sure I really want to buy from from there since most Bettas from chain places look very stressed out. Any advice would be good or shall I post this on a different part of the forum

You need to get busy and put all that equipment to work making better homes for deserving bettas! LOL

Most of us on here get our fish from one of the chain stores. Yes, they are usually stressed, but it is so cool to see what proper water conditions, proper food, and a little TLC can restore these guys to!

Thank you I'm in the process of cycling my 10 gallon right now should be nice. I also purchased/ saved a crown tail betta from Walmart today. kind of sad though he was swimming in dirty water plus there was a crack in the cup which was leaking bad plus a majority of the bettas were already dead or almost dead(sucks i know). i am housing him in my 1 gal tank right now until my 10 gal is cycled. Much more livelier will post pics up soon.